THE SIX HUNDRED.
THE DOCTORS HEAVY BRIGADE.
" They would scarcely -believe- him when he told them that wlien in Thurso sometime ago he, on one o-casion saw fiOt) people asleep in a church."— Speech of Dr. Guthrie. O'er their devoted heads— While the law thundered— ; - Simply and heedlessly Snored the Six Hundred. Great was the preacher's theme, Screwed on was all. the steam, Neither, with shout nor scream Could he disturb the dream Of the Six Hundred. Terrors to right of them, • Terrors' to-left-of .them. Terrors in front of thezi - r Hell itself plundered Of its most awful things; All those unlawful things Weak-minded preacher fling* At the 'dumbfoundered.. Boldly he spoke and well, All on deaf ears it fell; Vain was his loudest yell, . Volleyed and thundered. For earing—the truth to tell— Neither for heaven nor hell, Snored the Six Hundred. Still, with redoubled zeal, Still he spoke onward, And in a wild appeal— Striking with hand and heel, Making the pulpit reel, . Shaken and sundered— Called them the Church's foes; Threatened with endless woes j. Faintly the answer rose (Proof of their sweqt repose) From the united nose Of the Six Hundred; L'Envot. Sermons of near an hour-r-Tbo much for human power; Prayers, .too, made to,match -..',, (ifiitemporaiiebus batch, Woefully blundered). ... With &" service* of music,"' ' Fit to turn every pew sick. Should it be wondered, Churches that will not mpve . Out of the ancient groove .' ... .Through wfiich they've floundered If behind, -.- . \ Still must-expect to.find Hearers of s,ufeh a kind ... ,As the Six Hundred. ..''.,'
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 155, 23 February 1872, Page 5
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254THE SIX HUNDRED. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 155, 23 February 1872, Page 5
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